> Across Australia, older parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents are looking back at the ease with which they bought their first homes, and questioning whether the country’s decades-long slide in affordability can be reversed for the sake of younger generations.
“The supercharging of housing as an asset rather than a place to live should never have happened in the first place and had to be unwound to help our society become more equitable.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/20/house-prices-housing-crisis-older-younger-generations-australia
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